The percentage of hospitals with electronic health record systems increased eightfold between 2008 and 2014, according a data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, FierceHealthIT reports.

The report was based on an American Hospital Association survey of non-federal acute-care hospitals.

Findings

Overall, the data show 97% of hospitals in 2014 had certified EHR technology, an increase of 35% since 2011

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Meanwhile, 75.5% of hospitals in 2014 had a basic EHR system, up from 59.4% in 2013 and 9.4% in 2008.

The report showed that in every state at least half of hospitals had adopted a basic EHR in 2014.

The states with the highest adoption rates of basic EHR systems included:

In a blog post, Matthew Swain -- a program analyst in ONC's Office of Planning, Evaluation and Analysis -- and ONC Interoperability and Exchange Portfolio Manager Erica Galvez wrote that that about 60% of hospitals in 2014 exchanged data electronically, marking a 55% increase from 2013.

However, Swain and Galvez said, "While these survey results are promising, there is plenty of room for progress." They added, "These results capture exchange activity among hospitals; however, these results do not assess exchange volume, whether the exchange is interoperable, and if information is available to providers at the point of care".

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